Borrowing estimates for Ipswich, built from published survey rates and population figures.
93,300
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 93,300 adults in Ipswich held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 86% of adults in the East of England held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 108,503 adults aged 18 and over in Ipswich (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
74,900
Credit card holders
An estimated 74,900 adults in Ipswich held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 69% of adults in the East of England held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 108,503 adults aged 18 and over in Ipswich (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
22,800
Overdraft users
An estimated 22,800 adults in Ipswich were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 21% of adults in the East of England were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 108,503 adults aged 18 and over in Ipswich (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
33,600
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 33,600 adults in Ipswich had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 31% of adults in the East of England had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 108,503 adults aged 18 and over in Ipswich (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
20,600
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 20,600 adults in Ipswich used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 19% of adults in the East of England used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 108,503 adults aged 18 and over in Ipswich (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
6,290
High-cost credit users
An estimated 6,290 adults in Ipswich held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 5.8% of adults in the East of England held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 108,503 adults aged 18 and over in Ipswich (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
21,700
Low financial resilience
An estimated 21,700 adults in Ipswich had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 20% of adults in the East of England had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 108,503 adults aged 18 and over in Ipswich (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
6,510
In financial difficulty
An estimated 6,510 adults in Ipswich were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 6% of adults in the East of England were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 108,503 adults aged 18 and over in Ipswich (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
111,832
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Ipswich was 111,832 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.